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This. Why does anyone watch this show? ACA and Today Tonight are the "Women's Magazine" for the electronic media.
Without this show, the bogan would be lost. It has spent years cultivating a deep hatred of authority, immigrants, young people, non-bogans ripping off bogans, and bogans ripping off bogans. A hatred this huge would topple over under the weight of its own fundamental irrationality unless it was constantly fed and validated by moving pictures and sound. Worse still, if left to its own devices to contemplate its hates, there is a slim but unacceptable possibility that the bogan will realise that it loathes itself.
http://thingsboganslike.com/2010/03/09/101-a-current-affair/
This is the worst show on television. The bogan, with an alarming physical dependency on it, tunes in each weeknight at 6:30 sharp for its hit of outrage, denial, and quick fixes. As the familiar tones of the programs journalistically authoritative host reverberate from the interest-free home theatre system, it lures all occupants of the McMansion into the grand sitting room. Hunched around the television as though its the only heater in Antarctica, they are ready to receive their 30 minute dosage.
Without this show, the bogan would be lost. It has spent years cultivating a deep hatred of authority, immigrants, young people, non-bogans ripping off bogans, and bogans ripping off bogans. A hatred this huge would topple over under the weight of its own fundamental irrationality unless it was constantly fed and validated by moving pictures and sound. Worse still, if left to its own devices to contemplate its hates, there is a slim but unacceptable possibility that the bogan will realise that it loathes itself.
Thankfully, the bogan can turn to its television at 6:30pm to ward off any dawning self-awareness. The shows journalists will exercise their own freedom of speech in a bogan-approved manner, cutting off or drowning out anyone featured on the show who attempts to unravel the bogans fragile social tapestry with an independent opinion. With the boring parts of conventional news reporting eliminated thus, the bogan can immerse itself in the x-treme journalistic elements of ambush, pursuit, hidden cameras, and selective editing.
This show is possibly the most finely honed, perfectly evolved bogan-attracting machine in existence. After years of patient trial and error, it has narrowed down the list of stories it presents to eight meta-bogan pieces. It will inform the bogan how to lose weight without fad diets or exercise, inform the bogan about the existence of con artists while chasing them down the street, inform the bogan about how generally evil young people are, inform the bogan about the dangers of foreign people entering the country, inform the bogan about what crazy stunt the Chaser boys have recently pulled, inform the bogan about welfare cheats robbing them of their taxes, inform the bogan about any product, service or general notion that will permit the filming of semi-exposed breasts and inform the bogan about any program on the network that might need some extra free advertising. The bogan will watch this show, then turn on Home and Away, and sleep comfortably, content that it is now an empowered and informed member of society. And that nothing is their fault.
Dude, El D would probably think the fact that a current AFL superstar and former #2 draft pick was wearing a Souths shirt at the Perth game (the equivalent of Hayne wearing a GWS shirt at their first game) last week was some kind of AFL conspiracy to bring rugby league down from the inside.
One of AFLs biggest names at a NRL game wearing NRL team gear...but they're trying to kill rugby league!!!!
Many of the Perth locals at the game would have recognised him. Like I said it's the equivalent of Hayne having a stroll down to ANZ last Saturday night with a GWS shirt. Plebs in Melbourne wouldn't recognise him but plenty of locals would have.
